Thursday 22 December 2016

Bilingual flyer updated for 2017

Singings still the third Thursday of the month in 2017, but in March, it's the fifth Thursday, March 30, and there's no singing in August.
Flyer here. チラシはここです。
最新のチラシは2017年の更新が含まれています。集会はまだ毎月の第3月木曜日でが3月のみは第5木曜(3月30日)に集会、8月は休みとなります。

Monday 17 October 2016

Upcoming Singings in Ikebukuro (October to December 2016)

Here are the dates for our upcoming third Thursday singings in Ikebukuro:

October 20th
November 17th
December 15th

Newcomers are always welcome, books are provided, it's completely free, and no experience is necessary, so please don't hesitate to join us even if you've never sung in public before.  Bring a friend!

As always, we'll meet at the Ikebukuro Anglican Church (池袋聖公会) from 7-9pm.  We're not strict about time, so just stop by whenever you can.  At least one of us will be there from about 6:30, so you're also welcome to come early to help set up or just chat.

Saturday 23 July 2016

Sacred Harp Mini-Workshop

30-min Sacred Harp mini-workshop
15:00-15:30
Sat., July 30, 2016
Agnes Summer Festival
St. Agnes Anglican Episcopal Church
1-58-8 Minami-magome
Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-0025
大森聖アグネス教会
143-0025 東京都大田区南馬込1-58-8
TelFax:03-3771-3459
詳細はこちらまで
http://www.nskk.org/tokyo/church/oomori/pdf/20160730SummerFes.pdf

No singing in August ・8月は休み

Singing will resume on Thursday, September 15.
9月15日(木)より又スタート。
Flyer at
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8d02f87b39c471b07a6c71848/files/TokyoSacredHarpFlyer2016.pdf

Friday 22 April 2016

Sacred Harp Lecture at ICU

【5/20 (Fri.) Open Lecture with workshop】
"American Sacred Harp Singing"
May 20 (Fri.) 18:00 〜20:00 at ICU Chapel  

Lecturer: Tim Cook, Conductor of shape-note workshops and singing of the Sacred Harp

Lecture in English and Japanese Admission Free
Everyone is welcome to sing or listen. No experience necessary.

「セイクレッド・ハープを歌ってみよう」
2016年5月20日(金)18:00 〜20:00 大学礼拝堂
講師:ティム・クック (セイクレッド・ハープ研究家)
日本語と英語での講演となります。
どなたでも参加可能。入場無料

セイクレッド・ハープ
 19 世紀初頭、アメリカ南部の農村や西部開拓地では、合唱を教える移動式の歌唱学校(Singing School) が流行し、定期的に合唱会(Singing)が開催され、力強いアカペラ4 部合唱が楽しまれていました。合唱会で使われていたのが分厚い長方形の歌集(Song book) で、その楽譜には三角、四角、菱形、円のシェイプ・ノート(Shape note) と言われる音符が用いられています。1844 年に出版された『セイクレッド・ハープ(The Sacred Harp)』は代表的な歌集で、それに因み、この歌唱法を セイクレッド・ハープと呼ぶようになりました。
*The Sacred Harp is a collection of early American sacred songs
written in shape notes and sung in robust, unaccompanied four-part harmony.

From Facebook page of
ICU Sacred Music Center/国際基督教大学宗教音楽センター
のフェイスブック・ページより。

Sunday 3 April 2016

All-purpose flyer

二ヶ国語のビラはこのリンクにあります。自由に印刷して貼ってください。
For every time our monthly singing is on the third Thursday of the month, which is most of the time, here's our flyer formatted so as to not have to keep updating it. Post widely. Thanks.
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8d02f87b39c471b07a6c71848/files/TokyoSacredHarpFlyer2016.pdf

Saturday 2 April 2016

Upcoming Singings (April to July 2016)

Here are the dates for our upcoming third Thursday singings in Ikebukuro:

April 21st
May 19th
June 16th
July 21st

Newcomers are always welcome, books are provided, it's completely free, and no experience is necessary, so please don't hesitate to join us even if you've never sung in public before! 

As always, we'll meet at the Ikebukuro Anglican Church (池袋聖公会) from 7-9pm.  We're not stritct about time, so just stop by whenever you can.  At least one of us will be there from about 6:30, so you're also welcome to come early to help set up or just chat.
 
We'll also be singing on May 20th as part of International Christian University's "C Week".  We'll post more information about this event soon...

Friday 22 January 2016

Upcoming Singings (February and March 2016)

We've confirmed the following dates for the next couple of months:

February 18th
March 31st.

Please note that in March we'll be singing on the 5th Thursday of the month, rather than our usual 3rd Thursday. 

Newcomers are always welcome, and no experience is necessary, so please don't hesitate to stop by even if you've never sung in public before! 

As always, we'll meet at the Ikebukuro Anglican Church (池袋聖公会) from 7-9pm.  Please don't worry about being right on time - all are welcome to come early (after around 6:30) to help set up, or to join us later in the evening after we've already begun.